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Happy Valentine’s Day!

What comes to your mind when you think of Valentine’s Day? Does it include Chocolate and Champagne? Mine does! How about Antioxidants? See how antioxidant-packed dark chocolate is below-hint: it is higher than Broccoli, Blueberries and Greens!

My Valentine Sweetie and I will be enjoying Crab Cakes, a fennel salad(recipe in the next cookbook) sipping Champagne and indulging in Chocolate Cognac Truffles(mint or peanut-butter flavors) over candlelight. A romantic movie with the fire crackling and chocolate truffles melting in our mouths and Hot Chocolate to wash them down is so heavenly. Yum!

Hey, Valentine’s is for Kid’s too! The perfect time to write your children a love letter! I have seen so many surveys that show what children want most from their parents is time, love and to hear how proud they are of them. Make a big deal of this holiday with your loved ones-it will create memories that will last in their hearts forever. Spend time together cooking, talking, laughing and hugging this special weekend…hey, maybe it will start a new tradition!

If you have children, make the Chocolate Fondue for them to eat-they love dipping the fruit, brownie bites and cake cubes into the warm, gooey Chocolate Ganache! Let them roll out the Shortbread dough and decorate with candies such as Gluten Free sprinkles and Sunspire Drops(similar to M&M’s). Health food stores have lots of healthy alternatives for decorating now! Yeah! Let them have cake and chocolate! They love the Hot Chocolate too! Another good project is to make Ice “Cream” with them and set up a Sundae station for them to make their own! Of course, you can bake cupcakes ahead of time and make frosting for them and let them decorate them. Too Fun!

See Recipe of the Week and Menu of the Week pages for Crab Cake and Hot Chocolate recipes. If you have my cookbook, No Wheat No Dairy No Problem, the Chocolate Truffles or Double Chocolate Chip Cookies and Fudgey Brownies all make great gifts for your loved ones and Valentine. If you don’t have my cookbook, you can order it from this blog site and I will personally sign it for you and ship it to you.

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Lauren—-it is the best!!!!! The lemon meringue tart—I can’t stop eating it. You were right—-the meringue wasn’t difficult—it turned out great. I used fresh meyer lemons from our trees for the lemon curd—-it has just the right amount of sweet and tart. The sweet crust reminds me a little of graham crackers only sweeter and better. Just had to tell you that i was standing at my counter—shoveling the lemon meringue in my mouth and thinking of you.